Luxury brand Burberry could be heading for a sales slowdown after ten quarters of ‘sector leading’ sales growth, analysts have predicted.

Calm before the storm? Burberry already highlighted at its full year results in May that sales in Hong Kong have suffered at the hands of pro-democracy protests and a crackdown on lavish spending in China

Burberry, which is due to unveil its first quarter figures on Wednesday, already highlighted at its full year results in May that sales in Hong Kong have suffered at the hands of pro-democracy protests and a crackdown on lavish spending in China.

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Analysts at Barclays predict its stellar sales growth has slowed and that its ‘like for like sales’ for the first quarter will have grown by 5 per cent, down from 9 per cent growth in the same period the previous year.